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at school, cant format lacie
Hey everyone, I’m at school and I cant figure out how to format a new lacie drive. I’m in disk utilities and i’ve searched everything I can find. I dont find a formating option anywhere that would give me the option of choosing HFS +.
I’m so incredibily lost, any help would be amazing,
Thanks,
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4 Replies
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YOu don’t want HFS+. Not if you intend to use it as a Media Drive. You need Mac OS Extended.
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just go into the disk utility, click on the disk and click on erase in the left window. You can format there, but obviously THIS WILL COMPLETELY ERASE YOUR DRIVE
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[Shane Ross] “YOu don’t want HFS+. Not if you intend to use it as a Media Drive. You need Mac OS Extended.”
“Mac OS Extended” is just the “long” name for HFS+, so yes, you do want HFS+. I’m sure what was meant is to not select
“Mac OS Extended (Journaled)” for a media drive. However, journaling can be turned off easily. Disk Utility, select volume, hold OPTION key while selecting “File” Menu, select “Disable Journaling.”—
Chuck Reti
Detroit MI -
wow, lol, I can’t believe it was that simple. I didn’t know Mac Extended was what I was looking for. They didn’t seem to word it to well in the manual.
Thank you guys for saving me, and my grades, again!
Louis
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